You have to see this to believe this--Amazon.com's
Emergent Faith Store
Apparently Ted Dekker is the only Emergent fiction author.
The Pruning Principle
3 years ago
Sunday, June 05, 2005
Christ the Lord:Out of Anne Rice's Obsession
Although we all have so many things on our plates like writing our own work, reading others, supporting others, I wanted to highlight a bit of news that I forgot to post last month. Anne Rice is writing a novel--a first person POV of Christ.
NEW YORK May 7, 2005 — Vampires are usually her passion, but Anne Rice is getting biblical in her next book, due out in November from publisher Random House. Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt will tell the story of Jesus' early years in his own words.
Excerpts of a lengthy letter that will accompany advance review copies of the book this summer are published in the new issue of Entertainment Weekly magazine.
"For over 10 years I've wanted to do this book Jesus in his own words," Rice writes. "For five years, I've been obsessed with how to do it, and for the last three years I've been consumed with nothing else."
Rice, who has moved from New Orleans to San Diego, brought the undead back to life in the 1970s with "Interview With the Vampire."
I will definitely keep you in the loop as snippets of this book trickles through the pipeline. What say you?
Writing to see what the end gon' be,
Dee
NEW YORK May 7, 2005 — Vampires are usually her passion, but Anne Rice is getting biblical in her next book, due out in November from publisher Random House. Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt will tell the story of Jesus' early years in his own words.
Excerpts of a lengthy letter that will accompany advance review copies of the book this summer are published in the new issue of Entertainment Weekly magazine.
"For over 10 years I've wanted to do this book Jesus in his own words," Rice writes. "For five years, I've been obsessed with how to do it, and for the last three years I've been consumed with nothing else."
Rice, who has moved from New Orleans to San Diego, brought the undead back to life in the 1970s with "Interview With the Vampire."
I will definitely keep you in the loop as snippets of this book trickles through the pipeline. What say you?
Writing to see what the end gon' be,
Dee
Friday, June 03, 2005
Summer Reading Project Winner-Unveiling
The votes are counted and we have a winner!
Suzanne M. Wolfe's Unveiling
Before I tell you about this book let me just say that I appreciated all those that sent in nominations. Other nominations were:
Marilynne Robinson's 2005 Pulitzer and Christiantity Today Award Winner -Gilead
Victoria Christopher Murray's -Grown Folks Business and Truth Be Told
Kimberly Brooks -He's Fine, but is He Saved
Peretti's -Monster
Karen's Kingsbury -Redemption Series
Vanessa Davis Griggs' -Wings of Grace
Tia McCollors' -Heart of Devotion
Chris Well's -Forgiving Solomon Long
Eric Wilson's -Expiration Date
Xena Ruiz's -Choose Me
Unveiling's Paraclete Press Book Description
Still reeling from her recent divorce, Rachel Piers steps off the plane in Rome, prepared to embark on a demanding art restoration project that could enhance her reputation as a rising star in her profession. As she uncovers layers of grime on what could prove to be a lost Flemish masterpiece, Rachel finds that layers of her own soul—layers that she would rather have kept hidden—are being stripped away.
Imbued with historical and artistic detail, Unveiling will appeal to readers of A.S. Byatt’s Possession and Tracy Chevalier’s Girl With a Pearl Earring. Beautifully written, it brings the venerable city of Rome vividly to life and illuminates the power of art, imagination, and beauty to speak directly to the heart.
I think this book will be a good choice for the summer, since so many wanted to read either a romance or a more literary novel. It's Rome setting also makes it a nice getaway without the travel costs. We will begin discussing this book next Friday, June 10th. So go to your local library, bookstore, Christianbooks.com or my favorite online book store-The Potter's House.
Email me at vidae@writing.com or leave comments here about the Summer Reading Project, your objections, your comments, your prayers.
Reading to see what the end' gon' be,
Dee
Wednesday, June 01, 2005
Third Thursdays: CCM Magazine presents Third Thursdays
Third Thursdays: CCM Magazine presents Third Thursdays: "
Chris well at CCM Magazine interviewed me about Third Thursdays. The interview will broadcast on CCM Magazine, TheFish.com and Crosswalk. Thanks Chris, for the publicity.
Contact me this week to get on our performance roster."
Chris well at CCM Magazine interviewed me about Third Thursdays. The interview will broadcast on CCM Magazine, TheFish.com and Crosswalk. Thanks Chris, for the publicity.
Contact me this week to get on our performance roster."
Dee's on Dabbling Mum
Alyce Eldrich, Editor of Dabbling Mum loved my Spirit Led Writer article, so she has republished it for her June Issue. So if you missed it, here it is again with a new title, Confessions of a
Magazine Writing Mum.
Writing to see what the end gon' be,
Dee
Magazine Writing Mum.
Writing to see what the end gon' be,
Dee
Putting Your Character in the Driver's Seat
For the next two week's Faith in Fiction will discuss Greg Garrett's Free Bird. I pick up my copy of the book at the library this afternoon. However, yesterday Dave Long started the book discussion about creating a protagonist that reader's will care about/redefining the hero-so to speak.
f a i t h * i n * f i c t i o n: Day 1 of Free Bird – Hero or Protagonist?
In much of the fiction I’ve read there are three things that seem to mark a character who we may not always like, but whom we care about.
1. Self-awareness – Someone who knows they’re going bad, but can’t help themselves—well, that’s most of us if we’re honest.
2. Charm – We’re always suckers for a laugh, so a rascal with a quick quip (™ Richard Russo) gets many of his sins overlooked. To a point.
3. Reason – Is there an understandable excuse (often emotional pain) that makes us understand the character’s behavior.
-Dave Long
Since I have a WIP that rests heavily on creating a main character--Angel-- that my readers must cheer for, I'm very interested in this discussion. And I have a little bit more to add to it.
I'm trying to create a character who is still reaping from a past mistake she made years ago. For her penance she has dropped all the things she once loved and cared for: her job, the money, the lifestyle, the man, her church, even her family. She has started a new life for herself and her daughter-a product of this past mistake and her saving grace. Then a disaster happens and she is forced to go back to where she was wrong, in order to save her sister-the last person on Earth she wants to save. In fact, in the beginnning I don't won't her to want to help her. I have to put her between a rock and a hard place, so she has to choose the lesser of two evils, upon which is helping her sister.
In the beginning of the novel to the reader Angel has to appear to a certain extent--a selfish unfeeling prick. However, her appeal comes from her endeering love for her daughter, her unconditional love for her mother, her devotion to God and her intelligence. As the story develops the reader will understand why she has become so aloof, so distrusting. However, to reel my reader in I have to throw a few cookie crumbs out there(clues) so that they can continue this quest with her. I even have to throw in a sidekick to bridge the two sisters and guide the reader to Angel's secret. So I hope this mechanic works for my character, since this is my second attempt at writing a sellable novel.
Now I've reviewed quite a few books :) And I judge quite heavily on character. So I think(my ego shines) I have enough head authority on this. A heroine needs to have those three attributes Dave describe plus they need to be put in a situation where all those things(self-awareness, charm and reason) must be the force that pushes the book along. They have to unite to form the trigger--the inciting incident/meaningful moment/whatever term you want to call it that will ignite the character to not want to change her norm, but must force her to. Then the reader will care what happens to her, because we all know what it feels like to be knocked out of our comfort zone.
What say you? I would love to know how you authors use character to drive your plots?
Writing to see what the end' gon' be,
Dee
f a i t h * i n * f i c t i o n: Day 1 of Free Bird – Hero or Protagonist?
In much of the fiction I’ve read there are three things that seem to mark a character who we may not always like, but whom we care about.
1. Self-awareness – Someone who knows they’re going bad, but can’t help themselves—well, that’s most of us if we’re honest.
2. Charm – We’re always suckers for a laugh, so a rascal with a quick quip (™ Richard Russo) gets many of his sins overlooked. To a point.
3. Reason – Is there an understandable excuse (often emotional pain) that makes us understand the character’s behavior.
-Dave Long
Since I have a WIP that rests heavily on creating a main character--Angel-- that my readers must cheer for, I'm very interested in this discussion. And I have a little bit more to add to it.
I'm trying to create a character who is still reaping from a past mistake she made years ago. For her penance she has dropped all the things she once loved and cared for: her job, the money, the lifestyle, the man, her church, even her family. She has started a new life for herself and her daughter-a product of this past mistake and her saving grace. Then a disaster happens and she is forced to go back to where she was wrong, in order to save her sister-the last person on Earth she wants to save. In fact, in the beginnning I don't won't her to want to help her. I have to put her between a rock and a hard place, so she has to choose the lesser of two evils, upon which is helping her sister.
In the beginning of the novel to the reader Angel has to appear to a certain extent--a selfish unfeeling prick. However, her appeal comes from her endeering love for her daughter, her unconditional love for her mother, her devotion to God and her intelligence. As the story develops the reader will understand why she has become so aloof, so distrusting. However, to reel my reader in I have to throw a few cookie crumbs out there(clues) so that they can continue this quest with her. I even have to throw in a sidekick to bridge the two sisters and guide the reader to Angel's secret. So I hope this mechanic works for my character, since this is my second attempt at writing a sellable novel.
Now I've reviewed quite a few books :) And I judge quite heavily on character. So I think(my ego shines) I have enough head authority on this. A heroine needs to have those three attributes Dave describe plus they need to be put in a situation where all those things(self-awareness, charm and reason) must be the force that pushes the book along. They have to unite to form the trigger--the inciting incident/meaningful moment/whatever term you want to call it that will ignite the character to not want to change her norm, but must force her to. Then the reader will care what happens to her, because we all know what it feels like to be knocked out of our comfort zone.
What say you? I would love to know how you authors use character to drive your plots?
Writing to see what the end' gon' be,
Dee
Monday, May 30, 2005
Book Review Tracking: Gilead at About.com
Tracking my book review submission of Gilead. I submitted it last Monday and it was accepted and posted last Tuesday. You can check out the review at Women Writers at About.com
Note: The book review blurb at About.com I didn't write. And I don't agree with. And my name is mispelled.
Writing to see what the end gon' be,
Dee
Note: The book review blurb at About.com I didn't write. And I don't agree with. And my name is mispelled.
Writing to see what the end gon' be,
Dee
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